R windows FAQ (PR#1733)
ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
Tue, 2 Jul 2002 23:04:35 +0100 (BST)
On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 Kevin.Wright@pioneer.com wrote:
> Full_Name: Kevin Wright
> Version: 1.5.1
> OS: Windows 95
> Submission from: (NULL) (170.54.59.160)
>
>
> In the R windows FAQ, item 3.6 (Package TclTk does not work) currently has this
> line:
>
> Sys.putenv("TCL_LIBRARY"="c:/Program Files/Tcl/lib/tcl8.3")
>
> I find that if I execute the following two lines after starting R, I can then do
> library(tcltk) and demo(tkdensity) as usual. I do not need to modify my
> autoexec.bat this way!
>
> Anyway, using the following two lines in the FAQ might be useful to some
> people.
>
> Sys.putenv("TCL_LIBRARY"="c:/Tcl/lib/tcl8.3")
> Sys.putenv("PATH"=paste(Sys.getenv("PATH"),
> ";c:\\tcl\\bin;",
> Sys.getenv("R_HOME"),
> "\\library\\tcltk\\libs",sep=""))
Why do you need that? In particular, why do you need
.../library/tcltk/libs in the PATH?
Both the README and the FAQ already tell you to put the Tcl/Tk DLLs in
the your path, so why does the information need to be repeated?
Unless something went wrong in your Tcl/Tk installation, they will be in
your path, so why put them in a second time?
Where is the bug?
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